Aired Sunday 14 April, 8:00pm - 9:30pmon BBC Four

Janet Baker - in Her Own Words

The great British classical singer Dame Janet Baker talks more openly and emotionally than ever before about her career and her life today. With excerpts of her greatest stage roles (as Dido, Mary Stuart, Julius Caesar and Orpheus), as well as of her appearances in the concert hall and recording studio (works by Handel, Berlioz, Schubert, Elgar, Britten and Mahler), she looks back at the excitements and pitfalls of public performance.

Category
Biography / Documentary / Music / Special
Original air date
14/04/2019
Cast and crew
  • John BridcutDirector
  • Janet Baker
  • John BridcutNarrator